Louis I of Bourbon, Prince de Conde

Louis I of Bourbon, Prince de Conde (7 May 1530-13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general during the French Wars of Religion and the founder of the House of Conde, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

Biography
Louis de Bourbon was born in Vendome, France in 1530, the fifth son of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome and Francoise d'Alencon; he was the younger brother of Antoine de Bourbon, the father of the future Henry IV of France. He fought at the siege of Metz in 1552 and the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557 during the Italian Wars, and he later converted to Protestantism during the Reformation. In 1560, he was arrested for plotting to abduct King Francis II of France and usurp the power of the House of Guise, and he became a prominent Huguenot leader at the start of the French Wars of Religion in 1562. Conde captured Orleans on 2 April 1562, and he was captured at the Battle of Dreux that same year, before making peace with Queen Catherine de Medici in 1563. In another religious war, he was killed at the Battle of Jarnac, and his son Henri I de Bourbon, Prince de Conde succeeded him.